The EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on an official visit to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (17.03.2017). Mogherini outlined the European Union’s efforts to support the humanitarian challenges in the Horn of Africa region, including the droughts affecting Ethiopia and neighbouring countries. The EU today announced additional €165 million in…
Category: Human Rights
EU message to Rakhine State
“The issuance of the interim report of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State, which was established by State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and led by Dr Kofi Annan, is an important moment for the millions of people who live there, Myanmar, neighbouring countries and the wider international community. ” – says the statement of…
MEP Korwin-Mikke reprimanded over pejorative comments on women
Today the EP president Antonio Tajani announced the sanctions against Polish MEP Janusz Korwin-Mikke for his unacceptable remarks against women during a plenary debate on the “Gender pay gap” on 1 March 2017. According to the decision, the MEP will lose his daily subsistence allowance for thirty days, be suspended from parliamentary activities for ten…
ECJ ruling against headscarf
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg decided in favor of a Belgian firm which had a rule barring employees who dealt with customers from wearing visible religious and political symbols may not have discriminated against a receptionist dismissed for wearing a headscarf. From now onwards the compainies in the EU got a green…
UN: 20 million facing famine
The world faces the largest humanitarian crisis since the United Nations was founded in 1945 with more than 20 million people in four countries facing starvation and famine, the U.N. humanitarian chief said. Stephen O’Brien told the U.N. Security Council that “without collective and coordinated global efforts, people will simply starve to death” and “many…
EU on Rustavi2 TV in Georgia
The European Court of Human Rights has confirmed until further notice the suspension of the enforcement of Georgia’s Supreme Court verdict of 2 March concerning the ownership rights of the Rustavi 2 TV Company. The Supreme Court’s verdict might have an impact on the country’s media landscape, affecting the diversity of views available to citizens through broadcasting…
Women’s Day 2017
The European Union stands by women in Europe and around the globe today, as it did at the time of its foundation. Sixty years ago, equality between women and men was embedded in the Rome Treaty as one of the European Union’s fundamental values. At that time, Europe’s commitment to the principle of equal pay…
MEP Atkinson questions NGO role in smugglings migrants
Ship-tracking software and reports from journalists prove that NGOs, the Italiann Coast Guard and smugglers coordinate their actions. The Automatic Identification System (AIS) exposes NGOs operating in Libyan territorial waters. Since the ouster of President Ghadafi, a growing number of Africans are smuggled into Europe. They travel via Libya from where they cross the Mediterranean….
EU-Azerbaijan: Mehman Huseynov sentence questioned
The two-year sentence handed down on 3 March by a court in Baku to Azerbaijani blogger Mehman Huseynov on a charge of slander, after he reported that he was tortured during a brief incarceration in January, raises serious questions both as regards respect for freedom of expression and due process of law, says the statement…
Austria suggests refugee camps in Georgia
“We need refugee centers outside the European Union, which would be managed jointly with the UNHCR, UN Refugee Agency. Their location is not so important. It is important that they will provide protection, and that people, trying to enter Europe illegally, will be returned there,” – said Sebastian Kurz, Austrian Foreign Minister to Bild am Sonntag newspaper. Kurz…
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